Entries from June 2017
Tomoko Omura: Post Bop Gypsies
Think about your favorite jazz violinist. Now think about what style or sub-category of jazz that person would most easily fall into. Was your answer bebop? Probably not, I would venture to guess
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·Rosario Bonaccorso: A Beautiful Story
What does Theodore Roosevelt have do do with jazz? The saying “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,” is attributed to the American President (1901-1909). What isn’t well known is that he borrowed the proverb from West Africa
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·Jonah Parzen-Johnson: I Try To Remember Where I Come From
Chicago native and Brooklyn resident Jonah Parzen-Johnson has strong links to the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), having studied with that organization’s Mwata Bowden. Parzen-Johnson–a co-leader of the Afro-beat ensemble, Zongo Junction–plays the baritone saxophone an…
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·To Be Continued (Carol Liebowitz, Claire de Brunner, Daniel Carter, and Kevin Norton): Poetry from the Future
This leaderless improvising quartet utilises some unusual instruments on their recording. Bassoon is rarely heard outside of classical music and Claire de Brunner is an excellent exponent of the instrument. She studied jazz improvisation with m: Lee Konitz . She also studied with pianist…
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·Rogsignal: Pletter Pa Solen
The Danish quartet m: Rogsignal (translated Smoke Signal) have explored the alluring borderland between traditional and modern musical genres since its inception in 2011. Having experimented with a more improvisational, punchy sound, which was documented on two digital live-EP’s in 2014… [ read more ]
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·Rotem Sivan Trio: Antidote
Heartbreak knows no true cure, but music can act as something of an antidote or coping mechanism to assist in dealing with it and suffering through it. That’s what guitarist-composer Rotem Sivan discovered after a long-term relationship came to a swift and unexpected end.
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·Samo Salamon Sextet: The Colours Suite
Slovenian guitarist/composer m: Samo Salamon has built a diverse discography, with a wide range of instrumentation. He had always wanted to do a project with two drummers, and a 2016 show at the Jazz Festival Ljubljana finally presented the opportunity–this album documents that performan… [ read more ]
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